Punctuation is used to create sense, clarity and stress in sentences.
You use punctuation
marks to structure and organise your writing. The most common of these
are the period (or full stop in British English), the comma, the
exclamation mark, the question mark, the colon and semi-colon, the
quote, the apostrophe, the hyphen and dash, and parentheses and
brackets. Capital letters are also used to help us organise meaning
and to structure the sense of our writing.
You can quickly see
why punctuation is important if you try and read this sentence which
has no punctuation at all:
perhaps you dont
always need to use commas periods colons etc to make sentences clear
when i am in a hurry tired cold lazy or angry i sometimes leave out
punctuation marks grammar is stupid i can write without it and dont
need it my uncle Harry once said he was not very clever and i never
understood a word he wrote to me i think ill learn some punctuation
not too much enough to write to Uncle Harry he needs some help
Now let's see if
punctuation it makes a difference!
Perhaps you don't
always need to use commas, periods, colons etc. to make sentences
clear. When I am in a hurry, tired, cold, lazy, or angry I sometimes
leave out punctuation marks.
"Grammar is stupid! I
can write without it and don't need it." my uncle Harry once said. He
was not very clever and I never understood a word he wrote to me. I
think I'll learn some punctuation - not too much, enough to write to
Uncle Harry. He needs some help!
Use the punctuation
section to learn how to make your English clearer and better organised.
Go to our punctuation
page or just click on the links below.
Every month, we choose a different quote for you to use.
If you missed last month's quote, find it here the following month.
They are able who think they are able. Virgil.
Whether you think
you can, or can't, you're right. Henry Ford.
Even if you are on the
right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Will Rogers. Tell me
and I will forget. Show me and I will remember. Involve me and Iwill learn ... Chinese proverb.
The
fact is, nothing comes, at least nothing good. All has to be fetched. Charles
Bacon.
Tonight, the Great Pumpkin will
rise out of the pumpkin patch. He flies through the air and brings toys
to all the children of the world.
-Linus (Peanuts)
"If you want to
make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe" Carl
Sagan "Love looks not with
eyes, but with the mind. And therefore is wing'd
cupid painted blind nor hath love's mind of any judgement taste. Wings
and no eyes figure unheady haste. And therefore is love said to be a
child. Because in choice, he is oft beguilded."- Helena from "A
Midsummer Night's Dream" William Shakespeare.
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